Anderson, AnnMarie
Summary: "Next stop...The Magic School Bus heads to the Galapagos Islands to learn about invasive species! Seat belts, everyone! The class returns from summer break to find their beloved Ms. Frizzle has been promoted and her younger sister, Fiona Frizzle, is taking her place. But Arnold is worried. What if the new Ms. Frizzle makes a mess of things? His fears come true when she takes them on a field...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2018
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Summary: "Part of the nonfiction Orca Footprints series for middle readers and illustrated with color photographs. Find out about the global problem of invasive species, the good and the bad, and what you can do to support the ecosystems around you."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2021
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Summary: "There are more than 180 exotic species in the Great Lakes. Some, such as green algae, the Asian tapeworm, and the suckermouth minnow, have had little or no impact so far. But a handful of others--sea lamprey, alewife, round goby, quagga mussel, zebra mussel, Eurasian watermilfoil, spiny water flea, and rusty crayfish--have conducted an all-out assault on the Great Lakes and are winning the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2016
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Summary: Our planet is in peril. That's the belief behind Sooper Yooper, the story of one man's efforts to defend the environment against the negative forces that threaten our natural resources. Billy Cooper is not your typical crime fighter. The fact that he displays no apparent superpowers is intentional. The book's authors felt it was important to underscore their contention that the average...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wege Foundation 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE NEWPearce, Fred
Summary: In an era of climate change and widespread ecological damage, it is absolutely crucial that we find ways to help nature regenerate. Embracing the new ecology, Pearce shows us, is our best chance. To be an environmentalist in the twenty-first century means celebrating nature's wildness and capacity for change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577 PEAKalman, Bobbie
Summary: "Foxes, rabbits, mongooses, rats, starlings, turtles, Burmese pythons, and Asian carp are just a few of the invasive animals introduced by people into countries and ecosystems to which they do not belong. This important book describes how these animals are destroying habitats and endangering the lives of native animals, some of which have been brought close to extinction. Students will learn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing Company 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J578.62 KALSummary: After following Commander Michael Burnham into a wormhole, the U.S.S. Discovery lands in an unrecognizable world 1,000 years in the future. With Starfleet and the Federation on the brink of collapse due to a catastrophic event known as The Burn, the Discovery crew, with the help of new and mysterious allies Book and Adira, must uncover what caused The Burn and restore hope to the galaxy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV STAGilles, Renae
Summary: "Readers will learn about the causes and effects of invasive species through colorful and clear graphics, such as maps, charts, and infographics. Book also includes a glossary, index, suggested books and websites, and a bibliography"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2021
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Envi Info GillesHartman, Eve.
Summary: This book examines various invasive species from around the world and how they were introduced into habitats that were inappropriate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Season Four finds Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery facing a threat unlike any they've ever encountered. With Federation and non-Federation worlds alike feeling the impact, they must confront the unknown and work together to ensure a hopeful future for all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV STASummary: After answering a distress signal from the U.S.S. Enterprise, the U.S.S. Discovery welcomes aboard Captain Christopher Pike and begins a new mission to investigate the meaning behind seven mysterious red signals. Michael Burnham grapples with her past growing up on Vulcan with her foster parents and brother Spock.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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3 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV STASmith, Roland
Summary: "Did you know that brown rats were brought to the United States in the eighteenth century on a ship from England? Or that thousands of exotic pets were released into the Florida Everglades after a hurricane in 1992, leading to today's booming Burmese python population? All over the country, non-native species from around the world have been introduced to our lands, irrevocably changing the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books/Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 578.6 SMIThompson, Ken
Summary: Where do camels belong? In the Arab world may seem the obvious answer, but they are relative newcomers there. They evolved in North America, retain their greatest diversity in South America, and the only remaining wild dromedaries are in Australia. This instructive and controversial book delivers unexpected answers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Profile Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 570 THOHannibal, Mary Ellen
Summary: "Award-winning writer Mary Ellen Hannibal has long reported on scientists' efforts to protect vanishing species, but it was only through citizen science that she found she could take action herself. As she wades into tide pools, spots hawks, and scours mountains, she discovers the power of heroic volunteers who are helping scientists measure-- and even slow-- today's unprecedented mass...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Th Experiment, LLC 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577 HANBoyle, T. Coraghessan.
Summary: Traces an incrementally violent confrontation between a National Park Service biologist who would eradicate invasive wildlife on the Channel Islands and two locals who are fiercely opposed to the killing of any creatures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOYEgan, Dan
Summary: The Great Lakes hold 20 percent of the world’s freshwater, and they provide food, work, and weekend fun for tens of millions of Americans. Yet they are under threat as never before. In a work of narrative reporting in the vein of Rachel Carson and Elizabeth Kolbert, prize-winning reporter Dan Egan delivers an eye-opening portrait of our nation’s greatest natural resource as it faces ecological...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017